In a rare move, a poverty-stricken woman chose to sell her four goats for financing the construction of a toilet at her house in a village in Bihar's Rohtas district over the treatment for her paralysed husband as she considers it a shame for a woman to defecate in the open.

Voting has begun for the second phase of elections in Bihar. The fate of 456 candidates in 32 constituencies spread over six districts is up for the mandate. The districts are Kaimur, Rohtas, Arwal, Jehanabad, Aurangabad and Gaya.

Apparently under financial stress, Bhojpuri singer Vikash Rai and four members of his family allegedly committed suicide while another member was admitted to hospital in critical condition in Rohtas district of Bihar, police said today.